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References 

AGPS (1994) Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service.

Butler, P. and S. Cass (1993) Case Studies of Community Development in Health, Melbourne: Centre for Development and Innovation in Health. (every student should read the Introduction)

Clarke, D. B. (1973) 'The concept of community: A re-examination' in Sociological Review, 32-38. (theoretical review article)

Cohen A. P. (1985) The symbolic construction of community, Tavistock, London.

Effrat, M. P. (1973) 'Approaches to community: Conflicts and complimentarities' Sociological Inquiry 43(3-5), 1-34. (review of ideas of what community is)

Eunson, B. (1994). Writing and Presenting Reports. Brisbane, John Wiley. (how to write reports, easy to use)

HALT (1991) Anangu Way. Alice Springs, Nganampa Health Council. (excellent presentation of indigenous knowledge)

Hawtin, M., Geraint, H., and Percy-Smith, J. (1994) Community Profiling, Buckingham: Open University Press. (302.072/COM)

Hazlehurst, K. M. (1994) A Healing Place: Indigenous Visions for Personal Empowerment and Community Recovery, Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press. (a wonderful recent book with indigenous perspectives)

Henderson, H., E. Garrison, et al. (1988) Doing Community Health Programmes, Perth: Health Department of WA. (a simple community profile kit for Aboriginal communities)

Henderson, P. and D. Thomas (1980). Skills in Neighbourhood Work. London, Allen & Unwin. (esp. Ch.3 'Getting to know your community')

Kavanagh, M. (1990) Minyma Tjuta Tjungurinkula Kunpuringanyi: Women Growing Strong together, Alice Springs: Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council. (An Aboriginal case study grounded in indigenous knowledge Available in Co-op Bookshop. Good reading.)

Kenny, S. (1994) Developing Communities for the Future: Community Development in Australia, Melbourne: Nelson. (The most up to date text of mainstream community development theory)

Pickin, C. and S. St Leger (1993) Assessing Health Need Using the Life Cycle Framework. Buckingham, Open University Press.

Plant, R. (1974) Community and Ideology. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.

Sarkissian, W. &. D. P., Ed. (1986) The Community Participants Handbook, Sydney: Impacts Press.

Twelvetrees, A. (1982) Community Work, London: Macmillan. (a good introductory text but very English)

Warren, R. L. (1965) Studying Your Community, New York: Free Press. (out of date, very American functionalist, but with useful lists of what to look for)

Wild, R. A. (1981) Australian Community Studies and Beyond, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin. (the introduction is especially worth reading)